harles Schwartz has been involved with photography and the photographic community for over 35 years, as a photographer, a collector, and as a dealer. He is a member of AIPAD and a founding member of the Daguerreian
Society. In 1990, he created Charles Schwartz Ltd. as a way of sharing his enthusiasm for photography with others.

With a diverse inventory of 19th and 20th century photographs, there is
something for every level of collector at Charles Schwartz Ltd. Works by
well-known masters of the medium are represented, as well as exciting and
unexpected photographs created by artists who are obscure to most of the
world. Specialties include historic photographs of New York City and
Central Park, a large inventory of important W. Eugene Smith photographs,
and rare African-Americana. More eclectic highlights include a collection
of hand-colored photographs of French criminals from the 1920's, a suite of
photographs from the archives of the U.S. Steel Company, and a substantial
inventory of daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes. Charles Schwartz also
has a deep interest in Japanese photography and has an extensive offering of
19th and 20th century works from Japan, including rare ambrotypes.